FBI testing of the gun used in the fatal shooting on the movie set of “Rust” found that the weapon handled by actor Alec Baldwin could not be fired without pulling the trigger while the gun was cocked ...

An alleged firearm seized three months ago from a "thoroughly evil" killer who murdered and dismembered his girlfriend has still not been sent for forensic testing, a court has heard. Lisburn ...

An alleged firearm seized four months ago from a “thoroughly evil” killer who murdered and dismembered his girlfriend has been sent for forensic testing, a court heard today. A prosecuting lawyer told ...

The Washington State Patrol (WSP) Crime Laboratory Division (CLD) is currently addressing challenges that have led to a backlog of over a year for firearm forensics. Firearm forensics, or forensic ...

On February 14, 1929, gunmen working for Al Capone disguised themselves as police officers, entered the warehouse of a competing gang, and shot seven of their rivals dead. The St. Valentine’s Day ...

A team of scientists at the Forensic Science Laboratory in Meriden worked around the clock to examine evidence related to the ...

OLYMPIA, Wash. — The Washington State Patrol (WSP) is taking significant steps to address a growing backlog in firearms forensics cases, which has been straining the capacity of its crime laboratories ...

AS a teenager, Angela Shaw’s favourite television programme was Silent Witness. So it’s hardly surprising that she wanted to become a doctor or a scene of crimes officer. But Angela’s CSI love affair ...

A pioneering new test that can recover fingerprints from ammunition casing, once thought nearly impossible, has been developed by two Irish scientists. Dr Eithne Dempsey, and her recent PhD student Dr ...

A police watchdog investigating the death of a man shot by police said it cannot publish its findings until criminal proceedings are complete. Yassar Yaqub, 28, from Huddersfield, was a passenger in a ...